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- Title
Evidências de validade da Escala de Orientação para a Comparação Social (INCOM) para o contexto de adolescentes portugueses.
- Authors
Bezerra Lins, Samuel Lincoln; Campos, Miguel; Leite, Ana C.; Carvalho, Catarina L.; Cardoso, Sónia; Carlos Natividade, Jean
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to translate and search for validity evidence of Iowa- Netherlands Comparison Orientation Scale for adolescents' Portuguese context. This scale assesses levels of social comparison orientation. Participants were 238 adolescents, with ages between 13 and 18 years (M = 15.43, SD = 1.76). We verified that scale structure was in line with the original instrument version. Two dimensions emerged: Opinions and Abilities, both with satisfactory internal consistency indices. The dimension Opinions correlated positively with Self-esteem and Materialism; Abilities showed positive correlations with Self-compared, Materialism and Impulse buying. Regarding sex differences, girls showed higher mean for Opinions; boys higher mean for Abilities. Our results strengthen the Portuguese scale version adequacy to assess a tendency towards social comparison in adolescents.
- Publication
Psicologia: Revista da Associacao Portuguesa Psicologia, 2016, Vol 30, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0874-2049
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.17575/rpsicol.v30i1.1034